Harry Redknapp to make Stefan Savic the centre of attention

Savic conceded the penalty against Liverpool that proved the winnerPhil Noble/Reuters

Some of the best players in the world will be on the teamsheet at the Etihad Stadium tomorrow, but Tottenham Hotspur’s eyes have already been drawn to Stefan Savic.

The defender was uncomfortably rash against Liverpool 11 days ago and he and his Manchester City team-mates have been promised a test of an entirely different magnitude. “They like him obviously, so it wouldn’t be fair for me to say,” Harry Redknapp said of Savic, but you knew what the Tottenham manager was thinking.

Redknapp pledged to attack City’s central defensive weakness in the absence of the suspended Vincent Kompany and deliver the victory that will take his side to within two points of the Barclays Premier League leaders.